System for handling and drying brick.



P'ATENTBD APR, 14, 1903.

3 SHEETS--SHEBT l APPLICATION II'LBD NOV. 20, 1902.

SYSTEM POR HANDLINGAND DRYING BRICK.

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THE NORRYS PETERS C0, PHOTOLITHQ. WASHINGTON. Dv C,

PATENTED APP., 14, 190s'.v

F. W. DENNIS. SYSTEM FOB. HANDLING AND DRYING BRICK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1902.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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TH: Norms PETERS co., Pummufhb., WASHINGTON. n, c.

No. 725,323'. PATBNTBD APN. I4, 190s.,

I. W. DENNIS. SYSTEM PON HANDLING. AND DNYING BRICK.

APPLIoATIoN IILEIJ Nov. 2o, 1902.

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UNITED STATESA PATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK W. DENNIS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SYSTEM FOR HANDLING AND DRYING BRICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 725,323, dated April 14, 1903.

Application tiled November 20,1902. Serial No. 132,084. me modeL) each tunnel provided with rollers on whichV are placed pallets of green or undried brick,

which pallets are loaded at the brick-machine on a set of rollers, which rollers are stationary on an off-bearing table; also, a transfer-car with a set of rollers on top of the car; These rollers on the car are on a level with theroll-n ers on the off-bearing table, so thata pallet` of brick when loaded stands on a transfertrack at right angles with the drier-tunnels,

so that you can transfer the pallet of brick to each tunnel. `In the tunnels are a set of -rollers about thirty inches apart the fullY length of the tunnels. These rollers in the tunnels' are on a level with the rollers which are on top of the transfer-car on the transfertrack. The tunnels are'one hundred and fiftyone feet long, and there is a fall of twentyfour inches in the one hundred and fifty-one feet, so that the pallets of brick can be rolled easily. At .the lower end of the drier-tunnels there is a transfer-track running at right angles with the drier-tunnels. There isa transfer-car on this track, but no rollers on this car; but there is another common car with rollers on it which sets on the transfercar, and when it is on the transfer-car itis on a level with the rollers at the lower end of the tunnels toreceive a pallet of dry brick to go to the brick-kiln. l This car, with the pallet of brick, is on the transfer-car and can be pushed along the transfer-track 8 on the transfer-car 16 until it gets on right angles with track 9 running into kiln. Then the car 15 is rolled 'olf the transfer-car 16 into the kiln.

In the kiln I have a bench or table with stationary rollers on top. These rollers on the table are on a level with-the rollers 14 on the car 15, with a pallet 4 of brick. This pallet 4 of brick is rolled oft the top of the car 15 onto the bench or table, so that the operator may go back and bring another pallet of brick, and so on. The empty pallets are taken back to the brick-machine on a car for that purpose on a track which runs to the brick-machine. Y

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of my drying-room, the locationof a few of the rollers, the brick-machine, the drying-tunnels, the kiln-track, the roller-walls, a-few of the rollers and the transfer-tracks and the kiln-tracks, and the rollers on the o-bearing table, where the brick are loaded onto the pallets ready to go on the transfer-car to the drying-tunnels. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view of the drying-room cut through near its center, showing at one 'end the transfer track. Transfer car with rollers on fram'e and pallet of green brick and at the other or lower end a transfer-track and car with rollers and a pallet of dry brick..

Fig. 3 is a sectional view cut through two of the tunnels, showing the rollers and a pallet loaded with green brick on one pair of the rollers. Fig. 4 is a plan view of pallet. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional viewr of Fig. 4.on the line fr. Fig. 6 is an elevation ofone of the rollers. Fig. 7 is an end view of one of the bearings for the rollers to set in.

All tunnel driers or dry-kilns have had to use a car with pallets. I use the pallets, but have doneaway with the cars, which were very expensive. I use a system of rollers of any convenient size, which may be made of wood, iron, or any suitable material. My rollers 2 revolve in'stationary bearings 2, which are about thirty inches apart the full length of the tunnels and can easily be put in any drier.

My invention is described as follows: 4The brick-machine 1 is situated at one end of the drier-tunnels 2. the belt 3 of the brick-machine and loaded onto the pallets 4. (See Figs. 4 and 5.) These ring green brick for open-air drying. The

transfer-track marked7 is used for transfer- The brick'are taken' o of Ioo ring green brick into the drier-tunnels,and at the other or lower end of tunnel is another cross transfer-track 8 to transfer the dry brick to another longitudinal track 9, which tracks are used to roll a palletof brick on a car, with rollers on top, which pallet of brick sets on the transfer car to be taken to the kiln. Standing on the transfer-track 7 is a car 12, with a set of rollers having a frame 11 mounted on it, and on said rollers is mounted a pallet 4. This transfer-car 12 takes the pallet of brick 4, with the roller-frame and rollers 1l, to the end of either one of the tunnels marked 2. These tunnels 2 have one-eighth of an inch fall to the foot toward the kiln. At the other or lower end ofthe tunnel, Fig. 2, is a pallet 4, lloaded with dry brick. Under this pallet is another roller-frame and set of rollers 14, mounted on another car 15, and this car 15 is mounted on a transfer-car marked 16. These cars` are moved along to the track 9 and unloaded onto the roller bench or table 9', and then the car l5,with the rollerframes and rollers 14 and empty pallets 4 is again run back onto the transfer-car 16 and the pallets onto the track 92, (marked fRailroad track,) and thence back to the oft-bearing tables 5. These empty pallets are taken hack on a special car eight or ten at a time. The brick are taken right from the brick-machine and are rolled in at the upper end of the tunnels just as fast as pallets of dry brick are rolled out at the other or lower end of the tunnels, thence to the kiln on the pallets, andas soon as said pallets are unloaded are taken back to the brick-machine to be used again. 1t will be noticed that on the left-hand side of the machine l use the same system of rollers for open-air drying as I do in the tunnels for hot-air drying, or I can use sheds or covers and use the same roller system to handle and dry the brick.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that a four-inch wall 17is built between each tunnel, and in said figure there is shown in one ot' the tunnels a pallet 4, carrying a load of brick, which I number 18. Each pallet has a catch 19 on each end, so that all the pallets may be hooked together while they are in the drier-tunnels. The rollers 2 are set in bearings 2",which hearings are set on a baseplate 2'", which is built into said walls 17. It will also be seen on the end where the brick are taken from the brick-machine that there is a set ot' rollers at right angles with the transfer-track and the rollers are on a level with the rollers ou the transfer-car frame. Then you push the transfer-car along the transfer-track in front of either tunnel, and the rollers at the end of the tunnels are on a level with the rollers on the transfer-car, which the pallet of green brick are set on, to be rolled oit onto the rollers in the tunnels, and on the other 01 lower end of the tunnel the rollers are on a level with the rollers of the car 15, which set on a transfer-car 16, to transfer said car and pallet of brick until it gets on right angles with whichever kiln you are setting brick in. Then said car 15 is rolled off the transfer-car 16 into the kiln on track 9. The transfer-car 1G takes brick from any one of the tunnels to either kilntrack 9. 1t will be seen that the transfertrack S on the lower end of the drier is two feet below grade, which brings the rails of the transfer-car 16 on a level with the rails 21 of the right-angle track 9.

This system can be used out of doors as well as in when itis dry weather. Also lumber or anything can be dried this way, and this roller system can bel put in any drier which is already built and can be used instead of cars. p

At the kiln 1 have shown two benches or tables with rollers, and these rollers are on a level with the rollers on the car, so the man that pushes the car of brick rolls the pallet of brick oit the car onto the rollers on the bench or table and goes back after another loaded pallet of brick, and so on.

In considering the above description it is to be understood that the right-hand end of the sheets, where the brick-machine is supposed to be situated, is to be considered the upper end, and the left-hand end of the (sheets, where the brick-kilns are supposed to be situated, are the lower ends of the tunnels.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 1n a new system for handling and drying brick, a drying-room divided into tunnels by walls; bearings mounted on said walls; rollers jornaled in said bearings, adapted to carry pallets from one end of said tunnels to the other; a brick-machine situated at the upper ends of the tunnels; rollers situated on off-bearingtables on each side of the brick-` machine; transfer-tracks running at right angles to, and at the upper ends of said tunnels, one on cach side of the brick-machine; a transfer-track running at right angles to, and at the lower ends of said tunnels; a transfer-track running from the lower transfertrack to the brick-machine; a transfer-track running at right angles from the lower transfer-track to the kiln, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a new system for handling and drying brick, a drying-room divided into tunnels by walls; bearings mounted on said walls; rollers journaled in said bearings, adapted to carry pallets from one end of said tunnels to the other; `a brick-machine situated at the upper ends of the tunnels; rollers situated on od-bearin g tables on each side of the brickmachine; transfer-tracks running at right angles to, and at the upper en ds of said tunnels, one on each side of the brick-machine; a transfer-track running at right angles to, and at the lower ends of said tunnels; transfer-tracks running from the lower transfertrack to the brick-machine; transfer-tracks IIO running at right angles from the lower transfer-track to the kilns, substantially as shown and 'described and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a new system for handling and drying brick, a dryingroom divided into tunnels, having about one-eighth of an inch fall to the foot, lby walls; said walls running lengthwise between each tunnel; bearings built in said walls; rollers journaled in said bearings, adapted to carry pallets from one end of said tunnels to the other; a brick-machine having a brick-bearing belt at the upper ends of the tunnels; rollers situated on off-bearing tables on each side of the brick-machine belt;

transfer-tracks running at right angles to, and at the upper ends of said tunnels; a transfer-car adapted to run on said transfer-track; a frame situated on saidtransfer-track, and carrying rollers on a line with the rollers in the bearings on the walls, between the'tunnels, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth. Y

4. In a new system for handling and drying brick, a drying-room divided into tunnels, having about one-eighth of an inch fall to the foot, by walls; said walls running lengthwise betweeneaoh tunnel; bearings built in saidl walls; rollers journaled in said bearings,

adapted to carry pallets from one end of saidl tunnels to the other; a brick-machine having a brick-bearing belt at the upper ends of the tunnels;` rollers situated on o-bearing ta` bles on each side of the brick-machinebelt; transfer-tracks running at rightangles to, and at the upper ends of said tunnels; a transfercar adapted to run on said transfer-track; a frame situated on said `transfer-track, and

. carrying rollers on a line with the rollers in the bearings on the walls, between the tunnels; a transfer-track running at right angles to, and at the lower ends of said tunnels, a transfer-car adaptedto run on the lower` transfer-track, its platform being on a level with the tracks that transfer to the brick-machine a car situated on said last-mentioned transfer-car; a frame bearing rollers situated on the last-mentioned car; said rollers being on a line with the rollers inthe bearings in the walls, between the tunnels; transfer-tracks at right angles to the lower transfer-track, and adapted to carry the last-mentioned'car to the kilns, a brick-machinesituated at'the upper ends of Vsaid tunnels,and a railroad# track adapted to carry pallets frolnthelower the upper ends of said tunnels; a transfer- -car adapted to run on said tran`sfer-track; a frame situated on 'said' transfer-track, and

carrying rollers on a line with the rollers'in the'bearings on the walls, between the tunnels; a transfer-trackl running at right anlgles to, and at the lowerends of said tunnels, a transfer-car adapted to run on thelowertransfer-tracks, its platform being on a level with the tracks that transfer to the bricklinachiue; a car situated on said last-n1entioned'transfer# car; a frame bearing rollers situated on the last-men tioned car; said rollers being on a line with the rollers lin the bearings on'thewalls, betweenv the tunnels;transfer-tracksv at right angles to the lower transferftrack,and adapted to vcarry the last mentioned car to the' kilns; a brick-machine situated at the upper ends of said tunnels, and'v a railroad-track adapted to carry pallets from the lower trackv y to saidv brick-machine, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth. In vtestiintniy whereof ax my signatureA in presenceof two witnesses.

FREDERICK w1.DENNrs.

`Witnesses: i

`EMMETT MCELREATH,

S. E. BOMAR.

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